The Sun. — London, England, 1809-04-22 00:00:00

HOUSE OF PEERS: VRIDAY, APRIL 21. coNnucr OF THE WA' IN PORTUGAI..AND SPAIN. Thu Orderof the. Day being read, Lord Ga laic tto notice -to bring for...;rd his motion respeoting the manner in which t , i% , ,.!..vicrirs• of the :British Forces .in Spain - and Portugal had been coudtketed, and rut peainwthe t<o,• I s i iiiehtheeeticluct pt his Majesty'S'Nlinisters o.pon the ratilt of the'ie operations. His' Lord= SIM' hes had undertaken an arduous and' paint - id task; 3. task which he much 'wished had ondertalwo,by sot»tOobi9 c f,,ord tpore-.equal, to the aicquate performance Of it: "He had to col leA materials from the Piper, and • Docu ments' on the Table f . whiCh Were . voluminous and conlmed ; :confused,' indeed: :to. a :degree that would warrant a suspicion that, they yiere . rather meant to cast obscurity than' light upon the t sub ; jth. ' They were' clear enough; - howerei, to hrv= fold a series of events, and a- scene of disaster and distress, -which it was.impossible,, , in some, instanpes siaticietin y to censure, in others, sufficiently to tie. plore.. These temsaetions, Arid the" nature that cha racterised theM, he-had' taken ulion himself to lay before their Lordship, andhe had to solicit ne usual degree' of their, indulgence white he .eptleavoured, tof i W i d i atg e a nut y which he was sensible he o..vr::cf to that House and to his Country. Their Lordships would; ntidtitint sealliel the 'll43Ni:won Made upon this Cowan , by the first intelligence that arrived of the resofution 'wd at'ted upon by the Spanish nation, to resist the iniasion of their country, and the usurpation of, the' Spanish throne, an i ovasion and usurpation, markel.,in en-unexampled, degree by violence, and injustice. We hatted as a most attspiciouS omen, and as 'kihdred - seniiiiient, the flame, of patriotisrn that appisai‘od to b L ifit f or th through all ranks of .the. -Spanish people:: ,All the_ generous sympathies, of the 119tuitn heart were awakened at the prelspkt. Otir• 106 of libeity;our hatred of oppressta,-our Atteitation tyratiny, (lap ,thought that we, werti 1011)4 t o . 40e - f oug h t 0 „ the Plains 4.Spaiii thekvattles of England ; the fore ca'Sr that the darigeio anti diftChlues with which the Patriots of Spairt tied: to rtruggle, might 'be brought Home to char own ritnuestic hearths. &cry thing courtaneki excite.throughuut this country the, tuost i-teress in this noble and virtuous cause. Accordingly theft 4as nothing which Spann could tall for, and Which our resources could supply, -that- wari not granted with the i ntannsj alacrity. Every thing that cOuld promete the success Of Spain was placed at , the disposal of MiAlefir.' Their tneitil'hrea were left . without entitroul ; their-means' without limit..Theie they adopted and et p plyyed yi.t,der the set of the stele responsibility they must impose. But she tlriy was now come lien that 'House bOtihd to ask what were the: fruits of all these advantagei Lprdships . hadmy.r to inquiry, whether what !ma be . so liberally grouted, had beeries wisely ap plied >. The M HOC a right to knosti,'t st;Whether' Ministers had acquired - a care& and•tuttisfatlory in- tpruutt ion cf.! he aegree of resistance whielk the sp. Maids were prnpaind and sable to make ; 2dly, it hav ing such they had ,pinvortioned means to their_opds,i 1 0.3iiik, if in,theetnjittyment of these means, tqe‘r. Fulldua had omMrested au fib% Rude, .tif*Prutlence, and of caution, an happy union whiCh he was ready to con fnss.was not tikvays to be easily attained.— Ile would not say That the 'rzisk %Sink:li Ministers had 'undertaken was an easy one; muc', its, .4)ould he I:l49ibe their sit 'to he a - Led ruses, Whitt' !lad been so whinisically applied to the situa tion on which another 'Ministry haderiterecl. Neither *as he disposed to undnr-rate the resources of the COttiftcy; or to hold the' langilage of despondsincy, much less of despair. Even after all - the I - oises we hattsustaine'd, boast to s'rey that Our .Means,' it • pii4erly • managed wider toe guidaned of prudence' ahii wisdom, were fully :110- (plate to meet the dlleolties which Aitilhict to eti- .eotinter, end 'to equilins for that last battle which we migin be called on to fight. But while he 13Htilinf! , 1 from the language tit 'cleipondeOCy on this head, he must be allowed to say, that in order to en able 114 to tight that last battle, our affairs Must be otinduaed• an an econornicalaySlein of 'Administra tion. We Inuit husband our resource's; and cian centrate our, means, and not haiatd them in the pursuit of 'objitts ut detibtful,issue, and ambiguous in his opinion; was die syatem to . be ptitsucti, and which alone touldanahle us.to.totio teTad theattibition, and mil the unjust aggressiOns ;Art sinister pioje.as pt . tile enemy. We tali much to endure before we were out, Of 'danger. 13y per sev,iralice alone we could i,rr vail; atid, in Order ul , ti fila i t: ty to c,t)ply tad ,Ci its O. our h Dttrw, er vosrl)Ct 16 9 4 This maxim had 'flett been ridieuled c., btit an a_'itc t to' it wotilti tabw prate ;gill truest `policy of State; This was the policy opal, 'WhiCit the late M ministration kiletl; - but while they hid resOlVed .to make every tacritice (or a vignrousprosecutibn of the war:they were ready like Wise, if a fair opportunity ,Itiniltl oiler, to Improve it for the restoration of pertCb.' should trove pracied ttv his. first paint, ',lna call on Ministers tar an account of their cantina. • di wag. ;new& lent on them to - show - "that their in lora-ration trorn Spain was streh as is ntohdrise the ItOl,es they f i eld nut tit the sttaciii of ,the Spanish onise. , It was incumbent on them t o shes.v that prevailed Hi Spain t spirit of patriotic In the extent thq had asserted ; that the Spa inards had large arwies rally able- to expel the' • VranCh ;" that their armies amounted to, 400,000, exclusive at an army of ieserve and, A.bat.'Jy of vo lunteers, whichswelled -their arMed4orce so a mil lion men, ch,o- 'tiottitcrepresent (lo,l Copt, or allowed to 4if his , jesty's' Ministers butf:Afarrovely as he had in-' si , !!.,ted the documents ntt thefable, sorry he was 'to s:,y that he *is nimble to dist:Otter in. ihenkany n:.i I Lit 'RAI of these. representations. On the con.: t,, :rcy, the statements he found there, '-tivere.of a very ( , ;: - o . .mt and dispiriting' complexion. They were ►.,•• Observations of some of our ,most intelligent rhymers, who after the defeat and dispersion of the ;tray 'of General Mate,' and 'of the army of Ewa wd,tot,i; daily held a more discouraging tone. Si milar representation's Were made from other guar i,-p4 by aiher `Officers, among otters by Gen,'Brtxle r:Llt # our was it the defeat and dispersion Of the ../11 VW Ulf 1.411.1 01/! , 4IJU have discograged Ministers, and - discuaded them from etribarkutg in airy hazardous enterprize, The Nob ta Lord thee proceeded to shear, that from the tenor at Sir DaOid Baird's and Pen. Moore's letters, it was evident that they considered the spirit and enthusiasm of the Spaniards .tO be e ti rely extina.. 'Where then was he to took forgrounds to justify those ideas that were set ifloarof the enthu siastic ardour _of,the..universal Spanish .nation, to drive the invader and the usurper from their native soil ?. There was an abundance of the military c0t . ... respondence 'before tho'House,.but little or nothing of the political correspondence respecting the state of ' Spain, from which alone a correa idea could be gathered of the real spirit_that actuated the Govern ment; as well as , the people 'of that. country 4 Of . the want of this information he had beforeicorn plained ; but' he complained in vain. The Secre. tary of State lot-Foreign Atfairs seemed rely taut to produce any. The War Secretary was prodigal of his documents, a. contrariety of disposition winch leave room to .stispea the existence of some thing like disunion lonia where. SDLDC froginents of the: political correspondence .were wrtmg , reluti. tautly however, hum Mr. Secretary Canning, and.- among iliiiSe were two • or three. letters from Mr. Frere, to which their Lordships. •cduld not too riouily attend.: These letter'sShowed:some:distrust of the tirmoess,and perseveraoce ot the ? Spaniards even in Mr. Frete's mind. Prorn Whom then were we to collect the grounds Which warranted. such . stitremetne us the country has been id long accustom= id te; of the strir, the husiasto, the perseverance, which so Widely animated the Spanish people ? They were not to be found even in the Decrees. of .Inti 439, or ift the Proclamations of the Marquis e Itornana, who complained not only of the want .spirit and perseverance in ,his soldiers, but even in his °dicers, and whO openly arraigns them not only of indifference, but of deledion !rum the cause; b et/Aso:appears that when the. French armies had • been reiminced to trom to nearly 1 .50 thousaud Men', there were only to oppose 'them' 80,000 Spartiards'of all deseriptions; . - and those ill equipped' in every resped, and labouring under the did- Vantages of raw recruits. ,If such was the teal state of the spirit of the Spanish nation, and the real amount' of their armed foice, were not - Miuisters • to. be called to a severe account' for allowing the pro. 4 pagation of. such opposite reprettenWionsof thitigo Let them not talk of the defence of Saragossa', Of the activity and energy with `whi'clt they expelled' the usurper Joseph Bnonaparte,, Sze., these were only transient ehullttious-of resentment, in which pro deuce and caution should have forbidden Ministers to canticle. Surely such were 'not die grounds that 'Could justify theta in having tisked so large a portion of the military: means of the country. ; Even alter. the defeat of Dupont, and the retreat of Joseph Bnonaparte, it was now asCertained'that.the French' had tin tobretban 45;000 ten in Spain, and there' they remained for a . considerable time Tiipt and unmolested, waiting for reinforcements. Where was, during that time, theliprit, the en'ergy, th e perseverance of the •Spiniarde? Littler they were animated by .such a spis . ; or • they; were not. With either disposition Ministers should have been ae o;.taiiited. if the Spaniards were so animated, they shouldhave taken advantage of that disposition y if they, were not, then they ahoeld have sent no army, .to Spain. We might havo i .assisted the Spaniards with arms, stores, provisions, money, and with our rrittval fdiee ;. hut until thlo'real Spirittliat actedted both ,the' Gol....trnArent aird the .'people of Spsin was as certaioezi, ,should not have hazarded British army. Various were the op nions entertained re . - .specl ing the fittest spot in which a Britiblt force might fiat e most advantageettsly.- 'Sortie .were, for , sending them to Gti4tt and,;Sr. Ander° ; hut' much ot the success of such a.step oepend on the' setv4titi ot•th.. year; Otner% 'were tor sending them !ci Pot t. , w;:41 mot the South iof Spain ; but it ' , vita Sir' J. Meore!s o,iiiiton, than the British troops should have been sent to Cadiz, instead of Cott:Mini ; to Seville,, inveat t of Salamarict—lt have can ()I ad vant,t4e to strike a blow against the French in Por tugal, ant s n e xt endeavoer toessist Spans; huctiten., all ;Rich attem pts were only. parts ut . plan, thseo, s cl . , and insitlate4l, without any comprehensive combina tion. Such was Out the of 0,0 on which Buonaparta acted. So well tras4ie told us. in. one of his , ; ,ilolletins, that there can be no youcceso itt; war, 'without a well matured and, well' digested plan. •Was our plait 'of Abet 'description '? or tiad' we formed any settled • plan at all ? Yet, without some woi combined pies, should we have ventured any movement in the face of such an enemy ? Upon the Sarni kind of principle did Ministers seem to ad when they sent Gen. Moore to Sweden with f ',non men. Sweden was then attacked from Norway and F i nla n d J ) y the Danes and the Ituss;ato, and at other points by the Fretich. Under such circumstarices, we sent limits the assistance Of eleven thousand men; under a General who knew not how or With whom ho. was to act. No plan of 'operations had been ecincerted with Sweden; and . what did this inter ference of ours produce ?—the degrading spetbicle Of..a British General compelled to eatrape from the Court ;of an Ally in disguise, and since, the down. fall and ruin of that Ally Was not a severe account to be here also exaded of the conduit of Ise istera ? Next, Geti.SOeticer,is sent on one her . yice.erGeneral Wellesley , is intended tor anotheroti- Frero, various circumstatices it appears, that Sir A. Wellesley's first destinatten 'was South Anierite.-- - -. , Thie object is, lanwever, abandoned toe ,-ft)e,itio. 4ritint. But tore. Qt . PAQQ it en having beet), aoitte how collected, it was 'necessary to employ it sonic *beret and it *as determined to scud then' tii"Por- :ittgal or Spain. Abeitt 'that' dine the nevus arrived of the insurrection in Spain, of the resolution: of the Spitharda a expel tho envoy,. and then, a force: which was destined to;take adva nta g e of their trou bles; and seize upon. SCruttrAmerica, is converted into a .turee :to, co-operate with the Portuguese or Spaniards in eltpeihttg the cointrion foe, kis sent, to sett, without chart or compass, and without arty certain infOrMation to guide • its 'Course. Diftereut offices were sent indeed, to coiled information ; but when ii arrived it was contradiCtery and imperfect; and hence no arrangement or plan in the objeth of the eipedirioo: It was finally, however, detettnioed the troops should. proceed .to,-the, Tagns, acrd, what ' wars: to progress, the - nature, and the final result of their' operations in .Portugal, that House- attd the country must recoiled but too well. Here the Noble cae et evatea. • ea. 11,aa... e 4.4.4reta } I i an.l . 41.1 I .:if - • - - libleia and V imi era , t he superieriori,of the . G ;eral al -who gained thorn, the . appolitthict4latioth tiad of another, and, tinalli,„ the.Convetition of fra, tbe,disgrace of which heteared had almost totally' eclipsed the glories of the viaory of Viiitkra. On Sit-_,-Arthdr:Wellesley,.. however, he ~was willing .to beinct s w uvery praise that couldattenci courage, en terpriSe, vigiritir,' resolutiod, and ability—viltues ti..= I.ALI IU lla.lt tt. Cl 3. At/IN,,P ISIv ...••••••••- of revolutionary France. God forbid, he said, that he should not at all times do honour to the high and chivalrous spirit in general manifeated in the couclua of the Nobles f France; with such characters he did ,not mean to confoed them. They were, in genteral,o..jeets who l+a trongclaims tcrour Isjg hot compassion, and in most instances; to_our venela tion._ %But with respeti to this messenger of Mr. •-which-inatleshim an accompli - shed-Geneig,-aisit sitefes: -Frerti-he-wrmitl - jo - farther in his statement.--- is the present crisis of our- ateitnight call for.- If He find much stroitger' reasons fee . Sopplsing that blame wa3 at - all to attach to the Generals who cony- ,he was a. spy (emp loyed' by the enethy, o tu, lt )- 7 - mantled in . Portugal, it arose from gene naht errors;! "due . General Moore' to 'advance .on .Madrid, when or from motives of prudence: The chief blame. of: the French. were posted on the heights bet. iliv., the antra, convention.belonged to Ministers, who' 'saruttgdap• as the date' .Of the' • letter' , of' Which! . lefetheCoinithintiers without arty precise Or nitifortn.e ,Ire was the hearer. It ,was on t.he.'24 of D" .. instruiions by which to duvet thelecoudua. Hia • .cember that Mbtla ,had A :dated his lette r Sir 1. ' tdrOship , else animadverted- - on .the interference Of Moore, requesting tutteto AlTinp OR M4(tricl` 215 9'"*" . Ministers: in .tiie format:Km of the POrtngnise . G6- , MerlowleeWithstanding was at, the..head. of a depee verurnent ; but he chief:lra:l4Th. on • andlreprobated - . Latices from that .city, to the enemy, and it was peavd the Manner in•which IVlinittas - h#4 . 0n ilk l 4Wd them . - ing-titslirat-conferences with - - the French comma . lves in sending the; BritisH 'troop t9,9oruiha dn- der that he Wrote the letter to - Sir.J. Moore of the. dr Geheral Baird. There again itie.4l')iant of in- ab dve effect • From this• itfong- coincidence theta fprmation and of c oncer t with the:fiptioish Juntas was s u ffi c i en t grouiel .tosuspea this mesienger con t . vas most glaring. From a comparison of dates it itag at itichalieriod'a's lie - iiid. It was nnneeeidarYtu would also appear,. that 111inistere. did not ,prepare. say setrguyould laellr - fate of the airy,: ligliCiPft tp tend this force till time had been alteiked - llUona; rtdilgoetatnatrved:6 - aeweedaccortliog to those infttruc , parte to assemble troops even from the banks ()Otte clans. It was impossible, lie conceived, forlii-J. Vistula, and to s en d th em t o reinforce the Fre si nehl.Mooteettrati otherwise - than he did. - The flotiae' troops in Spain, where he increased their numbers could notin any manner- ;admit' that the letters- of to 113,000,men. His inten t ion to accomplish. the Mr...Freres were, correa, ' He 'would refer ' shell' • conquest . of Spain, and to drive the English troops ;' - Lordsbips to theletteriotifiirJohn Moore, wilie s t! it out of 4: 1 0 had oPenly.dgClqreci 4i...-o.l.4)esdimi was•iMposiibleite toad wfithotit lamenting the reaur the Senate; yet,. while all,this was going. on, Ali- Which gaewritteeto them ; -front those it N i • etild . e e! sisters. yora.,.only . preparing..lo-send., a...ktre , einrn, longer be doubted but-thai ::%,:r: Frery had intlueti , -ill Spain wholly inadequate to, make any .stand against . ei. movement Which w,is ..e, eelea ~ t it b t'q 0 6 °141 a the enemy k partiCularlye wheti , the three armies of r e sult. He believ.ed ihat‘he ii iii 3 , 4t 'l ci t. alle t a ie .".. Spaii; - Willi' ikhoni . it was epetted. Orgy !nigh! ,est e ' sores wh'ieclo' i s-reilieY C ika . ):t . SverA-t!",it n "v w , '','i OpErate, 'fitalieri',,c'ornpletely defeated and Ais.Ors-T ' to jostiryto tt f a i miactiitfi c ir‘ti'Lfeieii4lo4,k l °)'! ' " '' 4 " . ed, There, JC,appeOed, the enemy aCte Ili, a •well- - r he Would ate, to t *he *slue ofat,dirftraion - sacalaato:.• digested plan, while it equally appeared . that Minie. ~ Melly termiteite4VAtit i pliaririe it' Willi- ire Alt i liel stars had no plan at all ; but' betr.iyet only proofs pf she gallant 954144 1)1E44 7 PloPtise4t':;9l9'lro l / 4 44 ' - , rashness,irkego44, and igneratitli,. Ilte,Noill4, strongly depr e cate. tanye '004400 ' . givAt)i in 111 "" ar i, Lord then ,proceedicl to:esatnitStitt he eorresPbudente concerns to a M,nigter over , flirt. Commander, sitar between Mr. Frem and General Moore, and toot .. AS had evidently' been' t.c.gerelAe4 try : Millere.. The occasion - Mest , tieverely. to sZonsternn they 'condo& sif , ' N o bl e ; L or d b e ii : pji,, t ici A 'general et4tiiitlttiV9 , ll 44 the former. It was such, in hie opinien; as slieweA life of si r J o hn Wane, hies:made& tbroughOthie ll . hith to'heyholly,uttipialill'd . ..Or ihe Situaitoltiett,. he held,, ant(wlitelLet:i4A„,pro6tit inortint Was One • —He anticipar,ed, the most;splendid . aailiqeali s b i t i wass - be said,' as ricibleli his . death - OA.' jiteli t- ** , of the-utmost delicacy and important.. In insisting ... f rotiL _ t h e43 lf aui. c„;.. rke t ii i..hd . l-, ‘ , b ecit ~,0 l i berty. O on General. Matiteld tidratieelitin'Salaritaitea,''ank,, pursue hi* own ;pimp of Yopetatiotts. tic was voir the nature of the reesons he adduces. in suppo4 Ut . that II wisittbat the mistihrtudd of,Sir J. Moore was 00' 1 advice,: it Wkik4Oceilt,`.tu conceive iny ,; rtiiin fits such l.,ryireconseqtv.fiee of the utiscondtil of those Aclio . ' situation to be . s o oign o ra tit. General. M o ore, Gene : . 1 hail ,sent him out. lie ii d liteldy stitticiWii ral Baird, every.nne knewli.tel-the Spanish„armies elWelt . On, the want of faresielit tie,l.ol . pi to .iti'ilVs • had been deteate4, and that eo chance remained for eondea olMinisters. • The CA:Ory, even ii OIC r" Sir J. Moore if he advithted fattlitir into the heart of iod of junetion between" Sir •J: Moore and Sir P. t the cenetry . Mr..Frett:Wthtld insist that Sir John aird, did not exceed 2000.,4 1 numbers- 11. koetv . , Moore had' felly: thousand 'men oinivr his com , be I Niqble Lord wooldifi-particatte. argue ui on the mend, while bat, force itnotinted to only twenty- i t igilieney of the nowt*. ,!tat Out, its pit:(11,01101i UPI); SiX. Enc)6111.41 jj . llo . namber at i.vhir‘b it Wali gated% the, eriteklishntent. Fiteeatwas..leitorions : ilist iiie' by the very last mum. ; -Was lie to advance with cavalry estattKliment• teas- , 4yete F si t , h 0 Thigh as it 1 ' such a tort, zit the risk of-an aetioroWiti4he-vvhole then, and is now . : Iritieiltr..PO4, r though Olt orthe' French artq an a , d that at - ilistance,of . l•:94 descriptidn of the military forc e 'a t ootiotee to. el Miles ,from any. port of etubarkistiPar to follow , mare -than i +pot) yet low.iivq4e aanal l ‘Y cwi'll'Y'' the advice' of Mr. Frere would 'be the height of oil the Continent. Veit - there ere as the greatest ho folly' and rashness:, 'the only . resolution lett lei . cesAj- fee a . sufficient pippori ice) of ,cavidry, 0 1"1-v ar : Sir, John,Moore. to, take was, that of a retreat, awl ed frornahe words ot Str - J. Moore, who ei teresar e e to his taking that: 'resolution do we owe -it. that his conviction o f a rnore successful resist a e ce it , any, part of .the Bri t ish Army has been "saved.. were amply prei:ided with that description of t h e , r , ,,i i c er , ~ The Noble Lord maintained that the letter of Mi. Frere to Sir J. Moore, dated flue eth of Deeember, Unprovided with money for tile pay attic tlr;r1Loo . Besides, bcithSirs J. Moot 0 and D. Baird r i- e'!', o w . . A l 4. contained the strongest requisition .to tiroeced Mune should leree in t.iiiiilt - teals a ff air of the r itwian Fieet, the 1 ‘• ()t . rnish.. diately upon operations in resistknice tai theenenly. ' 'contended, that the Admiralty ' He also spewed trona .another lettcr,.whielt urged the General agaipseretreat, from, the .circtunstatiCe ' subjeet, The iestr4ens which he tiattv'•" _ ,‘, 'of an increased spirit , in the people of ed Sir C. ,Cotton .vikh'lrsti inittlt.d lo "' `). iivti, Mr. Frere had . piad,e.,a' very inaccerate B s P tll i t t e li me tl i l i a t, t proper to the Russian Admiral, and even inci cu eo o; ',bntii on that head,' and with reeard. to the amount articles which were ici:(0101, a• part of the l ed at use' French force then in the country. Sir J. ention. Though Sir .aivid Baird ! ,Luarranted him to propose what terms lie • - tiita t fi; Moore, u a letter of the 141,11 secember, stated, by ,letter, of Sir Charlea Ciiitoti, b l a i d is reinigtinet:mtli.'" iii A to enter :i.uto the exact situation of the people , ot,,lp.iin, atid . ,ALmplai tat ion of theirAeolper, would ; l fr'orts making themselves inittiief of the ships. 11 ‘ , create ato tpik , delicate discu , stolt• 10. another .; 'Ferraidet these vessels actually fell into the tool-pl.! !ate iaterterence, in , owe( to prevcnt the elle 7: It.:tter which „the Nroily of Sir John. Maine were , ihands, no preveotion was aside use of. At wil l ' 4 l4 _, possessed . of, atial..o4ieer stated the ceetentsof eti h e - Av ould•ask, was he tai state the loss in mn, ?f . ',, communication, 'dated the 2d December,. made to l' lbelieved the Noble Lord opposite would admit it r him by the Secret Junta. Among other things they ' b e 7000 and upwards. What, he would ask , sliml ? iutortned him that the army of Cast3'", when iu. i, 4 co mpote our loss in treasure to be, in. molt creased by see m e addition from Soosierra, and at i o.li ! an d A be expenditure for es eeceaties which were-h ) , titer qutkrter, would ainOttilt to about 40,900 men. '. arid destroyed',, it amounted to More. than .5,tw0 , , 0 0( ,; " . . They likewise 'Streeely exhort hi ll . to tall heckand- .. Were the loss of fiie tic six thritlialid horses, 00 . ! form a junaton with tiler a r my., mr..Fr ete had ; ,'L vassnumber of swords and other accoutreinenttow, likewise Mated the nuniber of Spriiiish troops in Ma It Wadded' to this, the total lPss, would ""' , be liti driii.te, atitoutit to 7,ttlpi Men, AO ; urged Sir John tlianti',oo o , o6o.l . The interest on this sum W s 7 ay. Moore to tnove in consequence upon abet c ity. Not a mount to 604,6(101. per anutitn, which could ' t it content with his first letter, which in the opinion of b e paid by the imposition 01 r. new tax. 'in 1 , the Noble` Lord'wai highly iodecetti!, - , acid cant of modern patriotlim, ail din ‘VtIS t. , 1 tiO ti c : l ly evinced a perfea iguorettee.orcyhat it was neces- ' conauence. His Noble. Friend' iuew !.nits o o '; vary he should fully and accurately know, Mr, Frere in - A d rriiistration, pitraued that i•evete econ° l : 9 l i e sent; by a messenger, a lettee'ot the t iLn'ne date. de-: fair and solid principles', which, thbugh by scvtl i ," airing Sir J. Moote to hold au intinediale council o f was considered as sordid ecumeny :;te d lwaiit; 01 ; 0 war, and upon the gerteratheade of this communion- - dour, Was yet apparently produtaive ot kiletrot! ol lion to con s ult the bearer of his letter. , Inus was good.' The Ntible,Secretaiy,had attenipi,A 4 . t . ' O 4 the command abaolotely assumed by Mr. Frew, ade that solids advantsages had , been dye - iv:ALVA° th ' i 3 O vising a council of, war, and referring that council , proceedings in this aslair. 'lipen this' be:. isrL 434l , I re , mud the'Corumander in Chief for information to his their Lordships would nor, howo‘er, ,prollftevn di, tnesienger. As the name of the person in whom except on the de:heir:net itia;ietincliigibkre 6titi , i 1.11i4 trust wilt reposed had been Withheld, it, would If !Ministers sticceecled in makin g the,ie adv , "l ll ',. reasonably lead .to nornerues.surmisee.ee-PerhapOt apparent, Lie had to doubt 441 teat general 1 :°` ,11 was some leader of character who had formerly deuce, so necessary 'ill these Pettit:toy .iitne, ".(' ~ ~ headed the armies of Fiance Perhaps it may. he . he reatoreit, and ' they , wookl fee; grate t o l to (rim(rim , burnourier. . Qr_ perhaps it Was the great cotnp,nt- ' ltovin'g 'brought tor ss it'd tint, nature's.' 13ot h e , ` 11 ‘ ,I ; t; tor in fame, the rival iti anns of Bnotkaparte Inia- "'t alturotighly cnortneeti. "that their t;on:hitt Was :ow :aelf—General !Moreau. This supposition Would la direct reverie of true wisdom. - He•would 3 ( 1 .1„ 0, some measure ;wise from the reperted 6mm:stain:it ' their: tAirtiStl)).i, by 1 [lv Ciok4W ilia had t"-'''' i ' 1 / t ee of that General's having conic over to this country . by the lost resoutces ot toe countrY, stet I)) . ' l •J' - ,„4 in disguise, iitel being entrusted Witli some impala- : feated cause Of*Eurepe, to e xecute with pirtic,!„ ), . . .. ant delegation. No t each thing. The messenger of ciretunSpection on Mil cse, that power with vii , ". o Mr.' Frere With a than. of the worst antr triast'itifa-; ,tbey were entrusted by their tillouw-countrYn teri g o mons charatier. Mi nisters were not ignorant of :The Noble Lord concluded: by loovi.ng, that this. The Noble 'Lord on theoppOsite bettch was' bumble Address be presented to his MlestY• to.. perfealy aware of the cautions which he had . The Address generally states ~ the disafn u e received midi respe4t :to' th at person. ' Some time men, which was felt in cooseqnence of clie.w t a t ro e after the revolution in 'France, he went out to Sr. of Ministers, and a, regret that tt=eivniu nal resc i' - ietir Domingo, where lot practised' as an advocate, and should be utiprovidentially was'subse . flnently engaged in the revt;lt of that co- of manse w* t ge rai censer 4 Ott 014 Mt' i i ' IV bony, and the assassination of Toussaitit.' The Noble C ' it 1 -ne I His fae, f Lord again repeated, that !Ministers were a ' . ' The Earl of - Liesarooe rote in-rej . ), P . , Fori, .0 0 fully with the charaCter of this m ccluailla .114. " ")egan ' br 4greeing ' wit" the IN"b .- ' . 4e' elteelln V , an. He had since '• ' • : fain ' . • .' io the Pf 4 Ole tttlittg ot conndeth. , t,4 , t p appeared in the different 'ports of this cottntr 'y, and • , • • , . had been etp! . ea. ~., had been under e prosecution far Usury; If -the pairtruent of the State , Which• ti.v sibeti: t wo m' ripetittr.d. it conc.intu . .Noble Lord opposite was not yet fully convinced ot 'l ' s ' cilt ei ' 'er Y nt ' it in 'the ` :° " i rk . r ; . 1 4 ,,, )04 ,1e'11e1; his character ; lie had only to look on the list of prtripect appeared in' Sitnn (1 - , al . i , st e4lirtir i ,., bankrupa tv . wher'a be ' would f i nd hi.,.ri„ Such greetians at Fr wee, lail rlO P •,J , ,,, 3 ;,a. 0. er , awsa; pti;p:t7ll-I)el'il:*loTti-ri:olCigUt'Pd:etrit;ethio°ip'.leg'?al'it'ifio7l:l-ssi::sfileit. lianisetinefeteaii.j3i s i ti Pet,: a '4rP M l:an r: i :i ip s?e 'vi r li s rf li lu tt ib 'i jue : l : l4Y"..:!:klilli rii'llc (j‘;'.1;11P;-:.11. I F.